Date | Event |
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1577 |
Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect (Aanbidding of the Point) |
1620 |
Isabella Leonarda, composer |
1627 |
Pierre Verdier, composer |
1633 |
Sebastian Knupfer, composer |
1644 |
Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer |
1648 |
Johann Schelle, composer |
1656 |
Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1723) |
1697 |
Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant |
1702 |
Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer |
1711 |
Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787) |
1729 |
Mozes Mendelssohn, German englightened philosopher (Haksalah) |
1732 |
Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (d. 1796) |
1757 |
Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionary |
1762 |
Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral |
1766 |
John Dalton, English physicist, developed atomic theory of matter |
1781 |
Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer |
1788 |
F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari) |
1795 |
Frances Wright, English writer and lecturer (d. 1852) |
1797 |
Wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, Confederacy (Confederate Army) |
1802 |
Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (d. 1857) |
1805 |
Horatio Greenough, US, neo-classical sculptor/writer (Form & Function) |
1808 |
Abd al-Qadir, Algerian political and military leader (d. 1883) |
1811 |
James Melville Gilliss, founder (Naval Observatory in Washington) |
1811 |
Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author (Rozeken Pot) |
1814 |
George Cartier, (C) Canadian co-PM (1858-62) |
1815 |
John Richardson Liddell, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) |
1815 |
Karol Katski, composer |
1816 |
Francis Stebbins Bartow, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1861 |
1817 |
Alexander Tilloch Galt, a Canadian founding father |
1819 |
Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer |
1819 |
Nicolae Filimon, Romania, writer/critic (Ciocoii Vechi Si Noi) |
1819 |
William Starke Rosecrans, Mjr General (Union volunteers) |
1827 |
John Morrison Oliver, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
1829 |
Marie Zakrzewska, Polish physician (d. 1902) |
1838 |
Samuel Arnold, Lincoln conspirator (d. 1906) |
1850 |
Louis F H "Louis" Apol, painter/etcher/literary |
1855 |
Ferdinand B Hummel, composer |
1857 |
Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933) |
1860 |
Jane Addams, Cedarville, Illinois, pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931), (d. 1935) |
1863 |
Rodolfo Lenz, German/Chilian linguist (El Papiamento) |
1868 |
Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1947) |
1869 |
Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria journalist (Bambi) |
1869 |
Walford Davies, composer |
1876 |
John J R Macleod, Scottish/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923) |
1876 |
Willem A Bonger, Dutch sociologist/criminologist (Race & Crime) |
1877 |
Petar Stojanovic, composer |
1877 |
Buddy Bolden, American musician (d. 1930) |
1879 |
Neal Rev Dodd, Iowa, actor (You Belong to Me) |
1879 |
Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936) |
1880 |
Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer (French governess) |
1881 |
Charlie Dell, NYC, actor (Pickle in the Middle) |
1881 |
Leo Carrillo, Los Angeles California, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid) |
1882 |
John Powell, composer |
1884 |
Emerson Whithorne, composer |
1885 |
Franz T Csokor, Austrian author (Writings on the Wall) |
1885 |
Otto Kruger, Toledo Ohio, actor (Lux Video Theater, High Noon) |
1888 |
Joseph P Kennedy, Boston Mass, diplomat, father of JFK, RFK & Teddy |
1890 |
Clara Kimball Young, Illinois, actress (Return of Chandu) |
1890 |
Manfred Gurlitt, composer |
1892 |
Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Appleton-layer) |
1893 |
Irving Bacon, St Joseph MO, actor (Branded Men, Fort Ti) |
1893 |
Claire Chennault, American pilot (d. 1958) |
1896 |
Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer |
1896 |
Mario Praz, Italian literary critic and scholar (La carne, la morte, e il diavolo) |
1896 |
Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer |
1899 |
Billy Rose, theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show) |
1900 |
Julien Green, US/French writer (Frere Francois) |
1900 |
W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d. 1979) |
1901 |
John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas |
1902 |
Morgan Beatty, Little Rock Ark, news anchor (Du Mont Evening News) |
1904 |
Karlo Arvi Kivimaa, Finnish writer (Groenende Cross) |
1904 |
Lyubomir Pipkov, composer |
1904 |
Maxie Rosenbloom, NYC, light heavyweight boxing champ (1930-34) |
1906 |
Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect (RAI building) |
1906 |
John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher |
1906 |
Raymond Keane, Denver CO, actor (Midnight Sun, Love Eagle) |
1907 |
Elizabeth Morna MacTaggart Ferrars, crime writer |
1907 |
John A Kelly, US marathon runner (Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991) |
1908 |
Anthony Wagner, genealogist |
1908 |
Paul Lavalle, Beacon NY, bandleader (Cities Service Band of America) |
1909 |
John Ridgely, Chicago IL, actor (Northern Pursuit, Air Force) |
1910 |
Frank Fidler, artist |
1911 |
Bentley Bridgewater, British Museum secretary |
1911 |
Harry Danning, American baseball player (d. 2004) |
1912 |
Stephen Murray, Partney England, actor (Alice in Wonderland) |
1912 |
Vincent DiMaggio, baseball player (Giants, Phils, Reds, Braves) |
1912 |
Wayne Barlow, composer |
1915 |
Franz Josef Strauss, Germany, nazi/minister of defense (1956-62) |
1916 |
Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, English landowner |
1917 |
George Mann, captain English cricket team |
1917 |
Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (d. 2008) |
1919 |
Wilson Greatbatch, American Inventor |
1921 |
Robert Millar, journalist |
1921 |
Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (d. 2004) |
1921 |
Norman Joseph Woodland, Atlantic City, New Jersey, inventor (barcode), (d. 2012) |
1923 |
Peter II Karadjordjevic, King of Yugoslavia (1934-45) |
1923 |
William Kraft, Chicago, Ill, composer/percussionist |
1924 |
John Melcher, (Sen-D-MO) |
1925 |
Jimmy Reed, Mississippi, blues singer (Soulin', Big Boss Man) |
1926 |
Arthur William Oldham, composer |
1926 |
Claus von Amsberg, prince of Netherlands |
1927 |
Keith Humble, composer |
1928 |
Evgeny Svetlanov, Moscow Russia, conductor (Siberian Fantasy) |
1928 |
Rudolph Plukfelder, USSR, light heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964) |
1928 |
Robert M. Pirsig, American author |
1929 |
Tsang-houe' Hsu, composer |
1930 |
Andre Beullens, Flemish painter |
1931 |
Sander M Levin, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1983- ) |
1932 |
Earl of Cawdor, British large landowner |
1932 |
Gilles Tremblay, composer |
1934 |
Jody McCrea, Los Angeles California, actor (Ben Matheson-Wichita Town) |
1935 |
Bob Bouber, [Boris Blom], Dutch singer (ZZ & Masks)/actor |
1935 |
Jock Wallace, soccer star/manager |
1937 |
Irina Bayanovna Solovyova, Russian cosmonaut |
1937 |
Jo Anne Worley, Lowell Indiana, comedienne (Laugh-in) |
1937 |
John Bernard, Dutch TV weatherman |
1937 |
Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-born illustrator |
1937 |
Brigid Berlin, American actor |
1938 |
Alan Charles Downes, cameraman |
1938 |
Joan Tower, New Rochelle NY, composer (Breakfast Rhythms) |
1939 |
David Allan Coe, country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy) |
1939 |
Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
1939 |
Dan Cragg, American soldier and author |
1940 |
Jackie Trent, singer |
1941 |
Monica Mason, England, ballerina |
1941 |
Willibrord Frequin, Dutch TV reporter |
1942 |
Dave Bargeron, NYC, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears) |
1942 |
Harry Jack Max, rocker |
1942 |
Les Burns, local councillor |
1942 |
Mel McDaniel, Checotah Oklahoma, singer (Baby's got her Blue Jeans On) |
1943 |
George Roger Waters, Cambridge England, rock bassist and vocalist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall) |
1943 |
Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
1944 |
Gordon DeMarco, writer/activist |
1944 |
Linda Kaye Henning, Cal, actress (Betty Joe-Petticoat Junction) |
1944 |
M N Aubrey Mokoape, S Afr's VP (Azanian People Org) |
1944 |
Swoosie Kurtz, Omaha Nebraska, actress (Slap Shot, Garp, Sisters) |
1946 |
Bryan D O'Connor, Orange Cal, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 61B, STS 40) |
1946 |
Buizen Beernd, [Bennie Jolink], singer/guitarist/pianist (Normal) |
1947 |
Jane Curtin, Cambridge Massachusetts, actress (SNL, Allie Lowell-Kate & Allie) |
1947 |
Sylvester, rocker (Do Ya Wanna Funk) |
1947 |
Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach |
1948 |
Charles "Claydes" Smith, Jersey City NJ, guitarist (Kool & The Gang) |
1949 |
Jimmy Litherland, rocker (Mitarbeit) |
1949 |
Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, S Afr Kwazulu politician |
1950 |
Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Dutch MP (CDA) |
1951 |
Barry Troyna, teacher/educational sociologist |
1953 |
Katherine Cannon, Hartford Ct, actress (Father Murphy, Survivors) |
1953 |
Mohammed Kedir, Ethiopia, 10k runner (Olympic-bronze-1980) |
1954 |
Banner Thomas, rocker (Molly Hatchet) |
1954 |
Jon Erikson, US, 1st to triple cross English Channel (1981) |
1954 |
Patrick O'Hearn, rock bassist (Missing Persons) |
1954 |
Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard |
1955 |
Anne Henning, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972) |
1955 |
Carl Erwin Walz, Cleve Ohio, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 51, 65, 79) |
1956 |
Pam Allen, Billings MT, LPGA golfer (1988 Planters Pat Bradley-12th) |
1956 |
Bill Ritter, American politician |
1957 |
"Curley" Joe Smyth, Westbrook Me, country singer (Betty's Bein' Bad) |
1957 |
Gwyn Evans, Welsh rugby player |
1957 |
Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park) |
1957 |
Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor-General of Canada |
1957 |
José Sócrates, Prime Minister of Portugal |
1957 |
Tim Whitnall, English actor and narrator |
1958 |
Jeff Foxworthy, comedian (Jeff Foxworthy-The Jeff Foxworthy Show) |
1958 |
Michael Winslow, American actor and comedian |
1958 |
Buster Bloodvessel, British singer |
1958 |
Nigel Westlake, Australian musician and composer |
1960 |
Michael Winslow, Spokane WA, actor/comedian (Police Academy) |
1961 |
Pal Waaktaar, Oslo Norway, rock guitarist/vocalist (A-ha) |
1961 |
Peggy MacIntaggart, Midland Ontario, playmate (January, 1990) |
1961 |
Scott Travis, American musician (Judas Priest) |
1961 |
Simon Reeve, Australian journalist |
1962 |
Kevin Willis, NBA center (Houston Rockets) |
1962 |
Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist |
1963 |
Jozsef Kiprich, soccer player (Feyenoord) |
1963 |
Mark Chesnutt, Beaumont Tx, country singer (Too Cold at Home) |
1963 |
Alice Sebold, American novelist |
1963 |
Geert Wilders, Dutch politician |
1963 |
Bryan Simonaire, American politician |
1963 |
Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer |
1964 |
Rosie Perez, Bkln, actress (Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump) |
1965 |
Johan Garrels, soccer player (Alphense Boys, RKC) |
1965 |
John Polson, Australian actor and film director |
1966 |
Joan Guetschow, Akron Ohio, biathelete (Olympics-1994) |
1967 |
Amy Lynn Baxter, model (Penthouse Pet 1990) |
1968 |
Gene Patrick, Phila, actor (Gemini: Twin Stars) |
1968 |
Pat Meares, Salina KS, infielder (Minnesota Twins) |
1968 |
Tommy Snider, American actor |
1968 |
Paul Rea, American television journalist |
1968 |
Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish writer |
1969 |
Aaron Pierce, NFL halfback (NY Giants) |
1969 |
Cece Peniston, Phoenix AZ, Miss Black AZ/singer (Finally) |
1969 |
Douglas Pirini, Auckland NZ, decathlete (Olympics-96) |
1969 |
Helen Labdan, Bracknell England, model (page 3) |
1969 |
Ben Finegold, American chess player |
1969 |
Michellie Jones, Australian triathlete |
1969 |
Michael Davis, American softball player (Solvents, et al) |
1970 |
Igor Korolev, Moscow Russia, NHLer (Team Russia, Winnipeg) |
1970 |
Shane Heal, Box Hill Melbourne VIC Austral, basketball guard (Oly-96) |
1970 |
Torrance Small, NFL wide receiver (NO Saints) |
1970 |
Paul Miller, American composer and author |
1971 |
Anthony Goldwire, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets) |
1971 |
Holli Rene Hyche, Indianapolis Indiana, runner |
1971 |
Kathy Wolfgramm, rocker (Jets) |
1971 |
Pavel Patera, Kladno CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Rep, Oly-gild-98) |
1971 |
Sandra Natasha Abreu, Miss Universe-Dominican Republic (1996) |
1971 |
Devang Gandhi, Indian Cricketer |
1972 |
Eric Zeier, NFL quarterback (Cleveland Browns) |
1972 |
Frank Rocca, CFL corner (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) |
1972 |
China Miéville, English writer |
1972 |
Justina Machado, Puerto Rican actress |
1972 |
Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer |
1972 |
Idris Elba, English/American actor |
1972 |
Dylan Bruno, American actor (Numb3rs) |
1973 |
Greg Rusedski, Montreal Quebec, tennis star (1995 Seoul) |
1973 |
Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer |
1974 |
Justin Whalin, SF California, actor (Jimmy-Lois & Clark, Charles in Charge) |
1974 |
Tim Henman, English tennis player |
1974 |
Nina Persson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans) |
1975 |
Derrek Lee, American baseball player |
1976 |
Danny Blankers, soccer player (PSV/Willem II) |
1976 |
Michael Nakamura, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996) |
1976 |
N.O.R.E., American rapper |
1976 |
Hyun Young, South Korean actress and pop singer |
1976 |
Naomie Harris, American actress |
1977 |
Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer |
1978 |
Natalia Cigliuti, NY, actress (Lindsay-Saved By Bell: New Class) |
1978 |
Cisco Adler, American singer |
1978 |
Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player |
1978 |
Mathew Horne, English Actor |
1978 |
Tony Thaxton, drummer (Motion City Soundtrack) |
1979 |
Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer |
1979 |
Carlos Adrián Morales, Mexican footballer |
1979 |
Foxy Brown, American rapper |
1979 |
Brandon Silvestry, American professional wrestler |
1980 |
Samuel Peter, Nigerian heavyweight boxer |
1980 |
Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer |
1980 |
Yuji Hamano, Japanese archer |
1980 |
Jillian Hall, American professional wrestler |
1981 |
Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer |
1981 |
Mark Teahen, American baseball player |
1985 |
Webbie, American rapper |
1985 |
Ali Ashfaq, Maldivian footballer |
1985 |
Alberto Valerio, Brazilian racing driver |
1987 |
Ramiele Malubay, American singer |
1989 |
Nikos Boutzikos, Greek footballer |
2000 |
Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (d. 2000) |
2006 |
Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japan Imperial Family member |
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